His wife, Mellody Hobson, is a member of the board of directors of the Seattle-based chain. She is also the president of Ariel Investments LLC and was named chairman of the board at DreamWorks Animation in October of 2012.

After the sale of Lucasfilm assets to Disney for $4 billion last October, Lucas stated that he was dedicating the majority of his wealth toward improving education. The net worth of the Star Wars mogul, as of March, 2013, was $3.9 billion, according to Forbes.